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The Man with the Golden Gun: The British superspy with a license to kill takes on his dark underworld double, a classy assassin who kills with golden bullets at $1 million a hit. Roger Moore, in his second outing as James Bond, meets Christopher Lee's Scaramanga, one of the most magnetic villains in the entire series, in this entertaining but rather wan entry in the 007 sweepstakes. Moore balances the overplayed humor of the film with a steely performance and Lee's charm and enthusiasm makes Scaramanga a cool, deadly, and thoroughly enchanting adversary. --Sean Axmaker

Goldfinger: To own Goldfinger (1964) on DVD is to have at your fingertips the proof that Sean Connery is the definitive James Bond. No one but Connery can believably seduce women so effortlessly, kill with almost as much ease, and then pull another bottle of Dom Perignon '53 out of the fridge. Goldfinger contains many of the most memorable scenes in the Bond series: gorgeous Shirley Eaton (as Jill Masterson) coated in gold paint by evil Auric Goldfinger and deposited in Bond's bed; silent Oddjob, flipping a razor-sharp derby like a Frisbee to sever heads; our hero spread-eagle on a table while a laser beam moves threateningly toward his crotch. Goldfinger's two climaxes, inside Fort Knox and aboard a private plane, have to be seen to be believed. --Raphael Shargel

The World Is Not Enough:Bond 5.0, Pierce Brosnan, undercuts his usually suave persona with a darker, more brutal edge largely absent since Sean Connery departed. Equally tantalizing are our initial glimpses of Bond's nemesis du jour, Renard (Robert Carlyle), and imminent love interest, Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), both atypically complex characters cast with seemingly shrewd choices, and directed by the capable Michael Apted. The story's focus on post-Soviet geopolitics likewise starts off on a savvy note, before being overtaken by increasingly Byzantine plot twists, hidden motives, and reversals of loyalty superheated by relentless (if intermittently perfunctory) action sequences.--Sam Sutherland

Diamonds Are Forever: Sean Connery retired from the 007 franchise after You Only Live Twice but was lured back for one last official appearance as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever. Goldfinger director Guy Hamilton keeps the film zipping along gamely from one entertaining set piece to another, including a terrific car chase in a parking lot, a battle with a pair of bikini-clad killer gymnasts named Bambi and Thumper, and a deadly game with a bizarre pair of fey, sardonic killers who dispatch their victims with elaborate invention. Connery retired again after this one but he returned once more, for Never Say Never Again 15 years later. --Sean Axmaker

The Living Daylights: Timothy Dalton made his 007 debut in the lean, mean mode of Sean Connery, doing away with the pun-filled camp of Roger Moore's final outings. This James Bond is ruthless, tough, and romantic. The Living Daylights, set during the thaw of the cold war, begins with the defection of Russian KGB General Koskov (Jeroen Krabb) and his revelation of a Soviet plot to eliminate Britain's secret agent force. Assigned to eliminate Koskov's Soviet boss (John Rhys-Davies), Bond uncovers a conspiracy involving Koskov and an American arms dealer (Joe Don Baker). Veteran series director John Glen's action scenes have never been better--especially the show-stopping mid-air battle on the net of a speeding cargo plane--and he returns the series to the smart, rough, high-energy adventures that made the Bond reputation. --Sean Axmaker

A View to a Kill: Roger Moore's last outing as James Bond is evidence enough that it was time to pass the torch to another actor. Beset by crummy action (an out-of-control fire engine?) and featuring a fading Moore still trying to prop up his mannered idea of style, the film is largely interesting for Christopher Walken's quirky performance as a sort-of supervillain who wants to take out California's Silicon Valley. Grace Jones has a spookily interesting presence as a lethal associate of Walken's (and who, in the best Bond tradition, has sex with 007 before trying to kill him later), and Patrick Macnee (Steed!) has a warm if brief bit. Even directed by John Glen, who brought some crackle to the Moore years in the Bond franchise, this is a very slight effort. -- Tom Keogh

Thunderball: James Bond's fourth adventure takes him to the Bahamas, where a NATO warplane with a nuclear payload has disappeared into the sea. Bond (Sean Connery) travels from a tiny health spa (where he tangles with a mechanized masseuse run amuck) to the casinos of Nassau and soon picks up the trail of SPECTRE's number-two man, Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi), and his beautiful mistress, Domino (Claudine Auger), whom Bond soon seduces to his side. Equipped with more gadgets than ever, 007 escapes an ambush with a personal-size jet pack and takes to the water as he searches for the undersea plane, battles Largo's pet sharks, and finally leads the battle against Largo's scuba-equipped henchmen in a spectacular underwater climax. This thrilling Bond entry became Connery's most successful outing in the series and was remade in 1983 as Never Say Never Again, with Connery returning to the role after a 12-year hiatus. --Sean Axmaker

Die Another Day: The 20th James Bond adventure, Die Another Day succeeds on three important fronts: it avoids comparison to Austin Powers by keeping its cheesy humor in check, allows Halle Berry to be sexy and worthy of a spinoff franchise, and keeps pace with the technical wizardry that modern action films demand. Pierce Brosnan is paired with American agent Jinx (Berry) in chasing a genetically altered North Korean villain (Rick Yune) armed with a satellite capable of destroying just about anything. John Cleese and Judi Dench reprise their recurring roles (as "Q" and "M," respectively); they're accompanied by weapons-laden sports cars, a hokey cameo by Madonna (who sings the techno-pulsed theme song), and enough double-entendres to keep Bond-philes adequately shaken and stirred. Die Another Day makes you welcome the familiar end-credits promise: James Bond will return. --Jeff Shannon

The Spy Who Loved Me: The best of the James Bond adventures starring Roger Moore as tuxedoed Agent 007, this globe-trotting thriller introduced the steel-toothed Jaws (played by seven-foot-two-inch-tall actor Richard Kiel) as one of the most memorable and indestructible Bond villains. Jaws is so tenacious, in fact, that Moore looks genuinely frightened, and that adds to the abundant fun. This time Bond teams up with yet another lovely Russian agent (Barbara Bach) to track a pair of nuclear submarines that the nefarious Stromberg (Curt Jürgens) plans to use in his plot to start World War III. The Spy Who Loved Me is a galaxy away from the suave Sean Connery exploits of the 1960s, but the film works perfectly as grandiose entertainment. From cavernous undersea lairs to the vast horizons of Egypt, this Bond thriller keeps its tongue firmly in cheek with a plot tailor-made for daredevil escapism. --Jeff Shannon

License to Kill: Timothy Dalton's second and last shot at playing James Bond isn't nearly as much fun as his debut, two years earlier, in the 1987 The Living Daylights. This time Bond gets mad after a close friend (David Hedison) from the intelligence sector is assassinated on his wedding day, and 007 goes undercover to link the murder to an international drug cartel. Robert Davi makes an interesting adversary, but as with most of the Bond films in the '70s, '80s, and '90s--and especially since the end of the cold war--one has to wonder why we should still care about these lesser villains and their unimaginative crimes. Still, Dalton did manage in his short time with the character to make 007 his own, which neither Roger Moore did nor Pierce Brosnan did. --Tom Keogh

Goldeneye: The 18th James Bond adventure was a runaway box-office success when released in 1995, thanks to the arrival of Pierce Brosnan as the fifth actor (following the departure of Timothy Dalton) to play the suave, danger-loving Agent 007. This James Bond is a bit more vulnerable and psychologically complex--and just a shade more politically correct--but he's still a formally attired playboy at heart, with a lovely Russian beauty (Izabella Scorupco) as his sexy ally against a cadre of renegade Russians bent on--what else?--global domination. All in all, this action-packed Bond adventure provided a much-needed boost the long-running movie series, revitalizing the 007 franchise for the turn of the millennium. -- Jeff Shannon

Live and Let Die: Roger Moore was introduced as James Bond in this 1973 action movie featuring secret agent 007. This film marks a deviation from the more character-driven stories of the Connery years, a deliberate shift to plastic action (multiple chases, bravura stunts) that made the franchise more of a comic book or machine. If that's not depressing enough, there's even a good British director on board, Guy Hamilton (Force 10 from Navarone). The story finds Bond taking on an international drug dealer (Yaphet Kotto), and while that may be superficially relevant, it isn't exactly the same as fighting supervillains on the order of Goldfinger. --Tom Keogh

For Your Eyes Only: After a ship sunk off the coast of Albania, the world's superpowers begin a feverish search for its valuable lost cargo: the powerful ATAC system, which will give its bearer unlimited control over Polaris nuclear submarines. As Bond joins the search, he suspects the suave Kristatos (Julian Glover) of seizing the device. The competition between nations grows more deadly by the moment, but Bond finds an ally in the beautiful Melina Havelock (Caroline Bouquet), who blames Kristatos for the death of her parents. The non-stop action includes automobile chases, thrilling underwater battles, and even a breathtaking tour over razor-sharp coral reefs. But all of this is merely a prelude to 007's cliffhanging assault of a magnificent mountaintop fortress. -- Robert Lynch

From Russia with Love: Directed with consummate skill by Terence Young, the second James Bond spy thriller is considered by many fans to be the best of them all. Certainly Sean Connery was never better as the dashing Agent 007, whose latest mission takes him to Istanbul to retrieve a top-secret Russian decoding machine. His efforts are thwarted when he gets romantically distracted by a sexy Russian double agent (Daniela Bianchi), and is tracked by a lovely assassin (Lotte Lenya) with switchblade shoes, and by a crazed killer (Robert Shaw), who clashes with Bond during the film's dazzling climax aboard the Orient Express. From Russia with Love is classic James Bond, before the gadgets, pyrotechnics, and Roger Moore steered the movies away from the more realistic tone of the books by Ian Fleming. --Jeff Shannon

On Her Majesty's Secret Service: Australian model George Lazenby took up the mantle of the world's most suave secret agent when Sean Connery retired as James Bond (although Connery returned in Diamonds Are Forever before leaving the role to Roger Moore). In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 007 leaves the Service to privately pursue his SPECTRE nemesis Blofeld (played this time by Telly Savalas), whose latest master plan involves a threat to the world's crops by agricultural sterilization. Lazenby hasn't the intensity of Connery but he has fun with his quips and even lampoons the Bond image in a playful pre-credits sequence. Former editor Peter Hunt makes a strong directorial debut, deftly handling the elaborate action sequences with a kinetic finesse. --Sean Axmaker

Dr. No: Released in 1962, this first James Bond movie remains one of the best, and serves as an entertaining reminder that the Bond series began (in keeping with Ian Fleming's novels) with a surprising lack of gadgetry and big-budget fireworks. In his first adventure James Bond is called to Jamaica where a colleague and secretary have been mysteriously killed. With an American CIA agent (Jack Lord, pre-Hawaii Five-O), they discover that the nefarious Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) is scheming to blackmail the U.S. government with a device capable of deflecting and destroying U.S. rockets launched from Cape Canaveral. Of course, Bond takes time off from his exploits to enjoy the company of a few gorgeous women, including the bikini-clad Ursula Andress. This is Bond at his purest, kicking off a series of movies that shows no sign of slowing down. --Jeff Shannon

You Only Live Twice: The film boasts the best of the Bond title songs (this one sung on a dreamy track by Nancy Sinatra), but the movie itself is one of the weaker ones of the Sean Connery phase of the 007 franchise. The story concerns an effort by the evil organization SPECTRE to start a world war, but the not-so-super villain behind the plot is the awfully civilized Donald Pleasence. The thin script is by Roald Dahl (shouldn't we have expected a better Bond nemesis from the creator of mad genius Willy Wonka?), and direction is by British veteran Lewis Gilbert (Alfie). But the movie can't hold a candle to Dr. No, From Russia with Love, or Goldfinger. --Tom Keogh

Octopussy: Roger Moore was nearing the end of his reign as James Bond when he made Octopussy, and he looks a little worn out. But the movie itself infuses some new blood into the old franchise, with a frisky pace and a pair of sturdy villains. Maud Adams--who'd also been in the Bond outing The Man with the Golden Gun--plays the improbably named Octopussy, while old smoothie Louis Jourdan is her crafty partner in crime. Two Bond films were actually released in 1983 within a few months of each other, as Octopussy was followed by Sean Connery's comeback in Never Say Never Again. The success of both pictures proved that there was still plenty of mileage left in the old license to kill, though Moore had one more workout--A View to a Kill--before hanging it up. And that title? The franchise had already used up the titles to Ian Fleming's novels, so Octopussy was taken from a lesser-known Fleming short story. -- Robert Horton

Tomorrow Never Dies: Pierce Brosnan returns for his second stint as James Bond (after GoldenEye), and he's doing it in high style with an invigorating cast of costars. It's only appropriate that a Bond film from 1997 would find Agent 007 pitted against a media mogul (Jonathan Pryce) who's going to start a global war (beginning with stolen nuclear missiles aimed at China) to create attention-grabbing headlines for his latest multimedia news channel. It's the information age run amok, and Bond must team up with a lovely and lethal agent from the Chinese External Security Force (played by Honk Kong action star Michelle Yeoh) to foil the madman's plot of global domination. Luckily for Bond, the villain's wife (Teri Hatcher) is one of his former lovers and 007 finds ample opportunity to exploit the connection. Armed with the usual array of gadgets (including a remote-controlled BMW), Brosnan settles into his role with acceptable flair, and the dynamic Yeoh provides a perfect balance to the sexism that once threatened to turn Bond into a politically incorrect anachronism. He's still Bond, to be sure, but he's saving the world with a bit more sophisticated finesse. --Jeff Shannon

Moonraker: This was the first James Bond adventure produced after the success of Star Wars, so it jumped on the sci-fi bandwagon by combining the suave appeal of Agent 007 (once again played by Roger Moore) with enough high-tech hardware and special effects to make Luke Skywalker want to join Her Majesty's Secret Service. This time Bond is up against a criminal industrialist named Drax (Michel Lonsdale) who wants to control the world from his orbiting space station. Bond thwarts this maniacal Neo-Hitler's scheme with the help of a beautiful, sleek-figured scientist (played by Lois Chiles with all the vitality of a department-store mannequin). Despite Moore's passive performance (which Pauline Kael described as "like an office manager who is turning into dead wood but hanging on to collect his pension"), Moonraker had no problem attracting an appreciative audience, and there are even a few renegade Bond-philes who consider it one of their favorites. --Sean Axmaker

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Everything It Could Be.......2007-09-12

If you want the first 20 Bond films in premium condition, this is the way to go.

Outstanding Quality ! The Highest Quilty Versions Of The Films I Have Ever Seen !.......2007-08-27

I received this collection from my girlfriend for my birthday and I couldn't be happier with this set. Unfortunately I was not old enough to see the first few Bond films in the theater, but I have seen them MANY times on broadcast tv, VHS and DVD (earlier single releases) and NONE of them compare with the visual and audio quality of this collection.

I wish I could give it 6 stars !

James Bond - 007 Ultimate Edition Set Bundle.......2007-08-24

I am a BIG James Bond fan since I was young I"ve seen every JB movie since 1963.
Any I started to collect the James Bond movies 1st in VHS format then in DVD (singles) but no one store had all the collection together, the store that almost had the whole collection was costco and I went back and forth lookin.
Then I was looking through Amazon and there they were and I jumped on this.

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PS, and the price was cool too!

Don't think - Just get.......2007-08-01

If you've been wanting the entire 007 set of DVD like I have, don't even think about buying this, just get it! This set is amazing. All the movies look incredible on my HDTV. I've never seen Dr. No or From Russia With Love look so good. Not to mention they're also in DTS, which makes me very said I don't have a DTS receiver.

Each film has the movie on one disc, then all the bonus features on another disc. The only thing thats a little annoying about this set is the movies aren't in chronological order. I rearranged the films in the four cases to be in chronological order though.

Wonderful Gift!.......2007-07-16

I bought this for my husband for Father's Day. I only gave him the first 2 sets and I'm holding onto the other ones for his birthday. He LOVED them! You can't beat the price for the set of 4. He was actually very happy that the movies were not in order too. This is a great gift for anyone who loves James Bond!

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Wilbur Ain't Wright
"Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, & I can take or leave it as I please"
An emotionally complex, poignantly subdued, captivating film
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Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself)
Starring: Jamie Sives , Adrian Rawlins , Shirley Henderson , Lisa McKinlay , and Mads Mikkelsen
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ASIN: B00068S3IM
Release Date: 2004-12-28

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That rare thing, decency, shines out of Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself), a wonderful and dark-humored comedy about a would-be suicide. The depressive Wilbur (Jamie Sives) is the opposite of his big-hearted brother, Harbour (Adrian Rawlins), yet he remains irresistible to women--including Harbour's new live-in girlfriend. Director Lone Scherfig uses the gray-skied Edinburgh location in much the same way she did her native Denmark in the terrific Italian for Beginners; the gloomy setting belies the vaguely magical things that might happen to the characters. Scherfig knows just how to balance different tones (and in a comedy about a suicidal man, she has to), and she's great with actors, even in small roles. Special standouts here are the beaming Rawlins and Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen (King Arthur), as a stoical, chain-smoking doctor. How nice it is to see a movie that makes you feel good without coming on all icky about it. --Robert Horton

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The chronically suicidal Wilbur and his good-hearted big brother Harbour are in their thirties, when their father dies, leaving them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in Glasgow. Wilbur survives yet another suicide attempt and goes to the hospital, where he meets Horst a cynical psychologist and his empathic head nurse, Moira. Like Harbour, they believe that Wilbur needs a girlfriend. But even though women fall for Wilbur all the time, they can't get close to him. In fact, it is Harbour who falls in love when a shy and intense woman, Alice, enters the lives of the brothers. Alice lives a life in isolation with her little daughter, Mary. She supplements her job as a cleaning lady at the hospital's surgical ward, selling books that the patients have left behind. Little by little, Wilbur, Harbour and Alice become inseparable. Wilbur starts regaining his lust for life, Alice starts to come out of her shell, and Mary starts reading the thousands of books in the second-hand bookshop. Harbour has never been happier, but he carries a deep secret that threatens to surface.

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Wilbur Ain't Wright.......2007-08-12

With a name like, "Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself," one anticipates an odd movie with a dark sensibility - and it is just that - but it's also a warm, touching movie with an inviting sensibility. The protagonists of WWTKH inhabit a rarified, almost surreal world, but thanks to exceptional acting and direction by Lone Scherfig, who also co-wrote the screenplay, we don't need to be "sold" on it, we simply sink into it like a comfy, overstuffed armchair.

The atmosphere of WWTKH is steeped in melancholy that's prototypically Scottish. Two brothers, Wilbur and Harbour, live is Glasgow, Harbour manages a bookstore left to him by his father. Though perhaps grand once, it now seems to subsist, barely, on the patronage of one customer who resolutely attempts to purchase works by Kipling. These brothers have an achingly sad past, both of their parents died in ways certain to leave deep psychic scars. However, in true Scots fashion, they never discuss the emotional trauma that directs their lives and undermines their tepid attempts at finding happiness.

Wilbur does indeed try to kill himself, several times. For him, ending it all is somewhere between an avocation and a hobby, so much so that the local suicide support group kicks him out. The dynamic between the brothers is drawn, Wilbur is a sad loser - Harbour is resilient and strong - an endlessly forgiving and loving caretaker. Into this odd dynamic strolls another casualty of the storm, Alice, and her enchanting daughter. Before long Alice and Harbour are married, and it would seem that this newfound stability might have a positive effect on Wilbur as well - creating a safe, extended family.

I won't go beyond this. WWTKH is not a film of shocking plot twists, but it has its surprises and you should be allowed to enjoy them as they unfold. At times I had the feeling of watching people who had survived a shipwreck, bobbing on the water, desperately clutching at flotsam and jetsam. I found it virtually impossible to judge any of them, not even Wilbur, whose obsession with suicide at times seemed a bit narcissistic. Most likely it is the director's hand that accounts for this, the extreme gentility of this movie. There is perhaps a little bit of Dear, Frankie here, another "small movie" set in Scotland that touches the heart.

Many splendid secondary characters, notably the German doctor - completely believable, and the nurse with eyes for Wilbur. Truly a wonderful and obscure gem worth tracking down.

"Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, & I can take or leave it as I please" .......2007-06-05

Wilbur (Wants To Killl Himself) ranks right up there with the best of the suicide movies-MASH, Harold and Maude, The Virgin Suicides and Romeo & Juliet. I was kind of scared of this one because Dogma movies often make me suicidal (Breaking Waves, Dogville) and I had never seen Italian for Beginners. However, not to worry, it is a quirky little story with a really great cast. Never have terminal illness, suicide, mental hospitals, adultry and grey gloomy Glasglow been better handled. I don't intend to give away the climax and I advise you to not read any further because most of the reviews have plot spoilers. This movie works much better if you don't see plot twists coming, it was so good I watched it twice.

An emotionally complex, poignantly subdued, captivating film.......2006-10-23

Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself) is an emotionally complex film that is, I suspect, subject to a wide range of reactions. I am somewhat bothered by several aspects of the story as it played out in dramatic fashion, yet I still loved the movie. There is just something magical and ethereal about the film's atmosphere and characters that make it endearing -even during its most emotionally troubling moments. It's hard to even classify this film in terms of genre, for it is both everything and nothing. For me personally, it's a drama with just a few touches of dark comedy, but some will regard it as more of the latter. Wilbur did not make me feel good or necessarily glad to be alive; its poignancy left me rather subdued, actually. But - and this is the important part - it certainly made me feel something that stayed with me after the end credits rolled.

One thing this film doesn't do is to take you inside the mind of a suicidal individual. Wilbur's several attempts at suicide are sort of just there - they aren't funny, yet they are hard to take seriously (with one exception), and his behavior in general suggests very little about the seriousness of his intentions. More importantly, we never learn why he is suicidal - although one possible clue emerges midway through the film. I never grew to like or dislike Wilbur (Jamie Sives) to any strong degree. I found his brother Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) much more fascinating and a much stronger character. Harbour is one of the few true good guys in the world, the nucleus of his family. Having cared for their father until his recent death, he now struggles to keep open the family book store and take care of his suicidal brother. Enter the waiflike Alice (Shirley Henderson), a single mother who comes to the book shop to sell the books that patients' families leave behind in the hospital (where she works as a cleaning lady), and her sweet daughter Mary (Lisa McKinlay). Harbour and Alice soon marry, and even with the emotional wildcard that is Wilbur, it looks like a truly happy ending is in the works.

This is no fairy tale, however, and the cruel hand of Fate steps in to change these characters' futures dramatically. As this is happening, the emotional interconnections between all of the main characters grow and evolve in really complex ways. I have some personal objections to the story as it evolves after this point, but I find myself quite unable to stand in judgment of these truly human characters, especially with the ending playing out as it does.

Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself), honored with numerous film festival awards, is a beautiful film - and Lone Scherfig's directorial prowess is made manifest by the fact that few artists could have pulled such a film off. If Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself) were truly a dark comedy (at least in terms of my definition of the genre), the film would not have worked at all - nor would an exaggerated sense of melodrama have done anything but skewer the film's effectiveness. Scherfig guides this emotionally complex story with the most subtle of directorial hands, helped along immeasurably by standout performances all around - especially by Adrian Rawlins and Shirley Henderson. This is definitely a movie worth seeing.

Brothers.......2006-05-21

Wilbur (a wry, sad Jamie Sives) wants out of Life in a bad way and he tries several ways to accomplish his goal: pills, head in oven, slit wrists but he never quite succeeds often due to his personal angel and brother Harbour (a terrific Adrian Rawlins).
Director and screenwriter, Lone Scherfig (the ironic, witty, intelligent "Italian for Beginners") packs "Wilbur" with a number of very serious topics: suicide, terminal illness, infidelity and proceeds to deal with them in a manner that can only be described as ironic: irony with a very light, though often tragic and humane touch.
Schefig's mise en scene is thick and heavy with the detritus of her characters troubled and out-of-whack lives and even when a woman enters Wilbur and Harbour's life...the winsome Shirley Henderson as Alice things do not get much better but only more complicated.
Scherfig has crafted a very sad, troubling film about people caught up in the past who never quite grow out of that particular quagmire of guilt, shame and remorse. "Wilbur" is a difficult movie to comprehend much less love but nonetheless there is much to admire here for anyone looking for the intriguing and unusual.

This Movie Kills Itself.......2005-06-18

When I got done watching this film all I could see it as was Lone Scherfig's love letter to Hollywood. During the course of this film he finds multiple ways to pretend that he's Frank Capra, only that he's a hack (and no I was not a fan of "Italian for Beginners" either). Let's examine some questions together, shall we? Why does this film contain characters who speak English when clearly this is a Danish director and this film hardly looks to be taking place in an English speaking nation? Why does the film contain a big secret that is held until the end at which point it is revealed and then the characters have to overcome this deception ("She's All That" anybody?)? Why does the climax take place on Christmas? Why does it also involve a fairy tale ending that is also bitter sweet so that the females in the audience can leave the theatre with two types of tears in their eyes? The answer to all these questions, obviously, is that he thinks that is what the American audiences want (and most of them do, but most of the time I feel bad for humanity). I'm sorry I just didn't buy the fact that while Wilbur wanted to kill himself his brother just happened to have a terminal disease. The fact that it was a matter of life an death allows the audience to get up on their high horses and proclaim that life is ALWAYS worth it, so that at the end when Wilbur discovers life and love we can be vindicated that we were right all along. But what if, instead of dealing with life and death, we were dealing with fame? Then the name of the movie would be "Entourage." Looking back on season 1 of that HBO show we can see parallels between Wilbur and his brother, and Vincent and his brother. Only "Entourage" is trying to be funny not righteous and the result is much better. In "Wilbur Wants to kill Himself" they take an outrageous plot and serve it to the audience with a straight face as a melodrama. That said I have seen much worse movies this year. For filming in Dogma style this film does manage to get some beautiful shot, especially some of sunlight illuminating a bedroom. I also like Shirley Henderson a lot, but I would much rather watch her in a good movie (like "Intermission") then dreck like this. I'm sorry but if Wilbur really wanted to kill himself he would have, it looks to me like he was just biding his time until his brother dropped dead so that he could steal his bride. 2.25 out of 5.

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Kill to Love (Korean TV Series)

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New Korean Drama TV Series A LOVE TO KILL Released December, 2005 Audio: Korean/Mandarin Subtitles: Korean/English/ Chinese No Of Disc: Complete 9 DVDS/ 16 episodes + 1 Bonus Feature Quality: Excellent/DVD Boxset Description: KBS miniseries (2005) - 16 episodes total Cast: Rain, Shin Min Ah, Kim Sa Rang, Lee Ki Woo Pop sensation Rain, star of Full House returns to the small screen in A Love To Kill, an uncompromising drama about tough guys and tough love. Story Line: Rain plays Bok Ku, an orphan who has sworn to spend the rest of his life with his childhood friend Han Da Jung (Kim Sa Rang), to repay her for saving his life many years previously. However, much against his will Bok Ku falls in love with his own brother's ex-girlfriend. Her name is Cha Eun Suk (Shin Min Ah) and is a famous actress. Bok Ku secretly blames her for his brother's accident that has now left him in a coma. He wrongly believes that she betrayed him and swears revenge. Bok Ku gets a job working as her bodyguard so that he can be close by, and inadvertently falls for her. Eun Suk, however is stuck in an engagement against her will. Kim Jun Sung (Lee Ki Woo), heir to a huge family conglomerate - The Hankuk Group - is caught with Eun Suk, and so to avoid a scandal that could damage his family and his company, the couple are forced to get engaged. ALL SALES ARE FINAL

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Kill to Love Review.......2007-07-04

I often got lost with this movie. It had some good moments and the music was good but there was alot of scenes that could have been edited out. What took eight disc could have been done in four. I liked the stars but even their work could not really save it. I am giving the movie a two mainly for the music

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Starring: Brian Avery , Carl Ciarfalio , Alan Gelfant , Clint Howard , and Rance Howard
Director: Russell Solberg
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Release Date: 2006-07-11

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Wilbur Ain't Wright
"Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, & I can take or leave it as I please"
An emotionally complex, poignantly subdued, captivating film
Brothers
This Movie Kills Itself

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Starring: Gordon Brown , Julia Davis , Elaine M. Ellis , Owen Gorman , and Shirley Henderson
Manufacturer: Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
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ASIN: B00080ZHEG
Release Date: 2005-04-01

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Wilbur Ain't Wright.......2007-08-12

"Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, & I can take or leave it as I please" .......2007-06-05

An emotionally complex, poignantly subdued, captivating film.......2006-10-23

Brothers.......2006-05-21

This Movie Kills Itself.......2005-06-18

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A wacky ganster love story. It's funny and it rocks!!

Love to Kill
Starring: Tony Danza , Elizabeth Barondes , Rustam Branaman , Amy Locane , and Michael Madsen
Director: James Bruce
Manufacturer: Simitar Ent.
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ASIN: 6305026076
Release Date: 1998-07-01

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A wacky ganster love story. It's funny and it rocks!!.......1998-11-26

Love to Kill is a truly entertaining film. Danza and Madsen have never been better in my opinion. Yes you might think the plot is a little unbelievable but that's ok because writers Branaman and Clemens have set up a ride that will make you laugh and cry. Supporting cast is terrific. This is a true sleeper. How did this go unnoticed is behond me when you consider the garbage the Hollywood Studios put out. I highly recommend this one.

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Embryo (CREATED TO KILL)
Starring: Rock Hudson; Barbara Carrera; Diane Ladd; Roddy McDowall; Ann Schedeen; Dr. Joyce Brothers
Director: RALPH NELSON
Manufacturer: Reel Enterprises
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ASIN: B000L42NO6
Release Date: 2006-11-27

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A pregnant mother is mortally wounded in a horrific car accident, surviving only long enough for her fetus to be retrieved and placed in an artificial womb. A scientist (Rock Hudson), looking to create the perfect woman, begins experimenting on the fetus and discovers a method to accelerate the fetus' growth into a fully-developed woman within a few days. But the beautiful woman named Victoria (Barbara Carrera) soon begins to deteriorate quickly and becomes a demented and ruthless killer, who Rock Hudson must stop at all costs.

The Swiss Conspiracy / Death Falls / a Mission to Kill / Born to Win / Against All Hope / the Swap / Fatal Assassin / the Inside Man [8 DVD Pack]

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Created to Kill
Starring: Vincent Baggetta , Joyce Brothers , Barbara Carrera , Jack Colvin , and John Elerick
Director: Ralph Nelson
Manufacturer: 905 Studios
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ASIN: B000HDZKCS
Release Date: 2006-09-26

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Barbara's Beauty
Silly junk
JACK COLVIN...Oscar Moment????
Barbara Carrera, Where Art Thou?
Embryo / DVD

Created to Kill
Starring: Rock Hudson , Barbara Carrera , Diane Ladd , Roddy McDowall , and Anne Schedeen
Director: Ralph Nelson
Manufacturer: Trinity Home Ent
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ASIN: B000G1R312
Release Date: 2006-09-26

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Barbara's Beauty.......2006-06-30

I remember seeing that movie when I was a teenaged kid. Unfortunately my DVD was not too clear, but I enjoyed seeing how beautiful Barbara was and still is.

Silly junk.......2005-12-08

Best actor: the dog
Best Actress: wasn't in this movie
Running time with banter of witty friends and cocktails: 114 minutes
Running time home alone: 114 hours
Winner: Worst production values for the year
Winner: Worst copy to DVD - EVER

JACK COLVIN...Oscar Moment????.......2005-02-19

The scene with Rock Hudson in which Jack Colvin (playing Dr. Winston)was torn between medical ethics and mere trust in a dear friend is the pivotal moment in this film. The excruciating agony in which Dr. Winston is debating in his subconscious is no doubt evident in this accomplished actors face. Dr. Winston makes no promise at that time but we can tell that an internal battle will be raging within him until his final decision can be made. Later Dr. Winston, in full operating gear, calls Rock to inform him that he's got what Rock's looking for. Fatigue and uncertainty is worn well on the actors face, for the result( as later we learn) could be disastrous.
Jack Colvin, the greatest character actor of the 20th and possibly the 21st century hits another homerun in this "pre-Jack Mcgee" performance. I believe before Rock Hudson passed on he was quoted as saying, "One of the greatest accomplishments of my life was working with the legendary Jack Colvin."

Barbara Carrera, Where Art Thou?.......2004-08-13

EMBRYO is about Dr. Paul Holliston (Rock Hudson), a scientist who has recently lost his wife (also a scientist). Holliston hits a doberman with his car (a 3 ton cadillac) on his way home one stormy night. He rushes the dog home to his lab, where he is unable to save her. However, the doberman is pregnant, so the good doctor keeps the doggy fetus alive, injecting it with an experimental growth hormone. The little canine grows at an amazing rate, reaching adulthood within hours! Holliston names the dog "Number One" and is astonished by it's intelligence (the dog gets it's own food out of the fridge, drops the empty bowl in the sink, opens doors, etc.). Unbeknownst to the doc, Number One also has a mean streak, as is displayed when it kills another dog and hides it's body. Of course, Holliston thinks everything's great, and soon looks for a human fetus to try his serum on. He gets his chance when another doctor helps him acquire a fetus from a doomed prostitute. Back in the lab, Dr. H. performs his latest experiment with similar results. He watches as the fetus grows up at super-speed. Next thing he knows, he's got an adult woman on his hands (Barbara Carrera), with superior intellectual powers matched only by her exotic beauty. Some of the best parts of the movie come when she is busy absorbing knowledge. Named "Victoria", she is introduced at a party as Holliston's new assistant. In one fun scene, Victoria plays an arrogant chess master (Roddy McDowall) to a humiliating finish. Unfortunately, things get serious when Victoria starts getting sick and figures out that she is not long for this world. This causes her to seek out the method by which she can stay alive, at the expense of others. A pretty good mad scientist thriller, EMBRYO has enough creepy / funny moments to keep my interest...

Embryo / DVD.......2000-06-15

Shame on Passport Video. My VHS Tapes look better than this DVD. The transfer looks to be off someones 6 hour tape. What a waste. I'll think twice before I purchase another Passport Video.

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